I want you to know that you have so many stories. You have so many stories on the inside of you. I want you to be brave enough to look for them. This week, during the second week of Back To Writing Month, I want you to find what is brewing in your mind and go after it.
I want you to seek it out.
Don’t shy from it.
Get at the story. Chase it. Don’t let it get away this time.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
One of my greatest joys is running this podcast! My fellow writers, I encourage you to subscribe and follow all happenings on Facebook! Below is the schedule until the end of Season 1. Season 2 will begin on 12/12/19.
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Schedule for rest of Season 1 (S1)-
S1.Episode 12-
September 12, 2019
S1.Episode 13-
September 26, 2019
S1.Episode 14-
October 10, 2019
S1.Episode 15-
October 24, 2019
S1.Episode 16-
November 7, 2019
********End Of Season*******
Hiatus from 11/7/2019-12/5/2019
Survey your work.
Don’t be discouraged if you haven’t worked like you wanted to this week. Writing has it’s own ebb and flow–it’s own demands. Each work you begin, each work you end will have its own personality. It’s own process as you embark on the journey to hew out the story from the landscape of your imagination.
It’s a process. Becoming the writer that you want to be is a process. Don’t be discouraged by the small starts. The longest novel is still written one letter at a time.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
I want you not to be overwhelmed this month.
I want you to remember that every thought won’t blossom into a WIP or a novel. But–it is the ideas you don’t chase, that you think aren’t worth the chase–which could!
I want you to be okay with the stop and start this month. September is Back to Writing Month, and I want you to get at it. I don’t care if it’s a paragraph, a story start on your voice recorder, or an idea you just kick around on social media.
But write. Write it down. Chase what chases you.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Stephen King says the scariest part of writing is just before you begin. But, what if you begin and are still afraid? The three questions you will encounter during your journey towards beginning/finishing your WIP are:
Can I do this?
Can I finish this?
Will I do this again?
One of the ways, the best way, you combat this feeling of doubt is to–keep writing. This will be your sledgehammer; your dynamite; your lifeline and or anchor. You have to keep writing. You must keep writing.
Consider your writing talent a house you are building. Every word, every idea, every thought you chase, is brick, window or door to your house. Doubts are the drafts which come in to steal your fire. Doubts are the cracks in your foundation to rob you of confidence. Doubts are the leaks in the roof, to discourage you from finishing a work.
Doubt corrupts all aspects of creative channels. It corrupts, and cripples. But the antedote to it is in the process! You cure doubt by continuing the process. You stop the doubt but finishing not relinquishing your creativity!
In short: don’t give up again.
I believe in you. Keep writing.
Be sure to follow The Writers’ Block podcast this month for writing tips and encouragement to help you combat writing while doubting.
I have dubbed September as Back To Writing Month!
What does that mean, you ask?
Summer offers me extra time to work on new things, but not always the time the to finish them. Some of those lazy summer days afford me time to daydream, planning and even freewrite! But the Fall? The Fall allows me time to go ahead and reach into that growing drawer of creativity to decide what to work on next!
On those long Fall nights, I have the chance to rework and revise. Fall allows me the thing I may not often have: time. As my kids fall back into their routines, I conform the writing schedule around the turning of seasons.
Master your time, create your day, and keep writing!
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
*Remember it is Back To Writing Month on The Writers’ Block Podcast. You will be able to get the encouragement that you need to pick up the very work you forgot!
The month of September is Back to Writing Month here at JBHarris Writing Services, and on my podcast, The Writers’ Block.
This month, I am going to be giving tips tricks and strategies to break you out of summer daydreaming into your Fall reality!
You have more time than you think you do to get all the writing you need done.
I am already proud of you. Get to it!
JBHarris
Host/Founder-The Writers’ Block Podcast
